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THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966)

Good Guys and the Bad Guys The (1969) – full review!

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Good Guys and the Bad Guys The (1969) – full review! This is one of many (comedy) Westerns directed by Burt Kennedy; it was written by Ronald M. Cohen and Dennis Shryack. Robert Mitchum stars as Marshal James Flagg (about whom there’s a ballad that plays throughout the film in the background) an aging lawman whose skills and service helped tame the wild west such that Mayor Randolph Wilker (Martin Balsam) and the residents of his [...]
KIM (1950)

Kim (1950)

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Kim (1950) Based on a Rudyard Kipling novel this film boasts a red-headed Errol Flynn as Mahbub Ali protector of the titled boy character played by Dean Stockwell. Directed by Victor Saville who earned two Oscar nominations as the producer for The Citadel (1938) & Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939) it tells the tale of how the orphan Kim helps the British fight rebels in India. The screenplay was co-written by Helen Deutsch (Lili (1953)). The cast [...]
SILK STOCKINGS (1957)

Silk Stockings (1957)

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Silk Stockings (1957) Though not nearly as good as the original this musical remake of Ninotchka (1939) is entertaining because let’s face it Cyd Charisse isn’t hard to look at and when paired with Fred Astaire one always gets to see memorable dance sequences. Charisse plays the cold Russian woman (Ninotchka) that Garbo played in the original. Though the plot is different Astaire plays the Melvyn Douglas-like role (e.g. the one that [...]
STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR THE (1936)

Story of Louis Pasteur The (1936)

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Story of Louis Pasteur The (1936) This true story of the French scientist’s battle to establish modern medical methods is not to be missed. It features Paul Muni‘s Academy Award winning Best Actor performance. The strong supporting cast includes: Josephine Hutchinson as his dependable wife Anita Louise as his daughter Dickie Moore as a child who gets rabies and Henry O’Neill Porter Hall & Akim Tamiroff (among others) as [...]
UNMERITED HERO WORSHIP

Unmerited Hero Worship

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Unmerited Hero Worship Among the plethora of Warner Bros. Home Video DVD released last fall the timing of their new and Blu-ray versions of Cool Hand Luke (1967) was ironic given its story: featuring Messiah-like hero worship of its title character played by the late great Paul Newman. But unearned and irrational praise – especially absent any fundamental substance – inevitably turns to disillusionment. In the movie it happens when Luke is [...]
Since You Went Away (1944)

Since You Went Away (1944)

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Since You Went Away (1944) An excellent film about life on the homefront and the struggles therein when men went off to fight World War II. Claudette Colbert gives a fine performance as a “well to do” woman who must struggle with the financial hardships which follow. Great performances by Jennifer Jones and Shirley Temple as her daughters Monty Woolley as the border she takes in Joseph Cotten as a supportive family friend Lionel [...]
Lilies of the Field (1963)

Lilies of the Field (1963)

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Lilies of the Field (1963) Sidney Poitier won his Best Actor Oscar on his second (and last to date) nomination playing Homer Smith an out-of-work construction worker that helps a group of foreign (East European) Catholic nuns build their church and learn to speak English. Lilia Skala earned her only Academy Award nomination (Supporting Actress) playing the head Mother Superior Maria. There are lots of wonderful touching moments and funny [...]
Public Wedding (1937)

Public WeddingA (1937)

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Public Wedding (1937) Directed by Nick Grinde this Houston Branch story was made into a below average B picture with Jane Wyman William Hopper Dick Purcell Marie Wilson Berton Churchill Jimmie Fox and Veda Ann Borg among others. Wyman plays the daughter-in-law of the serially married and divorced Churchill the leader of a gang of con men (Purcell James Robbins and Raymond Hatton) that’s frequently had to have been bailed out by her even [...]
JEAN ARTHUR

Jean Arthur

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Jean Arthur Jean Arthur was born Gladys Georgianna Greene on October 17 1900 in upstate New York. She first appeared onscreen in director John Ford’s silent Cameo Kirby (1923) which features John Gilbert in the title role but her career didn’t really take off until she worked with Ford again appearing in the producer-director’s crime comedy The Whole Town is Talking (1935) opposite Edward G. Robinson. Within a year she’d appear in her [...]
INVISIBLE STRIPES (1939)

Invisible Stripes (1939)

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Invisible Stripes (1939) Directed by Lloyd Bacon this crime drama boasts a terrific cast which includes George Raft Humphrey Bogart William Holden Jane Bryan Flora Robson Henry O’Neill Paul Kelly and Lee Patrick in addition to several well known and recognizable character actors who appear uncredited. The story is about two cons Raft & Bogart getting out of prison after serving their time. Raft’s character wants to go straight to [...]
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